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Importance sampling the Rayleigh phase function |
JOSA A, Vol. 28, Issue 12, pp. 2436-2441 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.28.002436
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Abstract
Rayleigh scattering is used frequently in Monte Carlo simulation of multiple scattering. The Rayleigh phase function is quite simple, and one might expect that it should be simple to importance sample it efficiently. However, there seems to be no one good way of sampling it in the literature. This paper provides the details of several different techniques for importance sampling the Rayleigh phase function, and it includes a comparison of their performance as well as hints toward efficient implementation.
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OCIS Codes
(000.5490) General : Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
(290.5870) Scattering : Scattering, Rayleigh
(010.5620) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Radiative transfer
ToC Category:
Scattering
History
Original Manuscript: August 4, 2011
Revised Manuscript: September 23, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: September 23, 2011
Published: November 10, 2011
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Citation
Jeppe Revall Frisvad, "Importance sampling the Rayleigh phase function," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 28, 2436-2441 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-28-12-2436
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